Farooq Azam
Islamabad
Summary
Effectively manage software testing teams while improving development and testing processes to efficiently deliver products and services which meet customer expectations. Improve software quality, meet customer expectations and reduce defects by supporting proven software quality practices and implementing practical and effective process improvement methods. Plan and perform effective software testing through a combination of familiar structured test techniques, rapid test practices and test automation where beneficial.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Altair Technologies
08.2011 - 06.2019
- Being first QA resource of company I Built, mentor, and manage a team of 6 to 8 QA professionals, fostering a collaborative and results-driven environment.
- Task assignment, progress tracking and reporting to higher management was my key responsibilities.
- Promoted skill development and knowledge sharing to elevate the technical expertise within the team.
- Altair Technology was a product based company. Product of company was an IPTV box.
- Responsible to set standards for QA process of different projects. Responsible for both manual and automated testing. Provide support to set standards for testing process as needed. Responsible for DB Testing. Responsible testing of Leads generation process at Salesforce .com.
- Responsible to deliver releases for different Web applications (server and client side) developed in .net frame work, Mobile applications, Android Applications.
- Responsible for performance testing using load runner 9.10.
- Being only QA Engineer responsible for preparation of test plans, configuration of test environment for different applications , and testing schedules for ASP.NET applications. Also, hands on testing of these applications.
- Responsible to do communication with Leads of development departments (Client end and server end) on daily bases. Also communicate with Country Manager regarding status of applications under test.
- Testing
- Altair Technology was a product based company. Product of company was an IPTV
- Participated in meetings with business team to review Requirement specification document.
- Prepare test artifacts i.e Test Case documents, Traceability Matrix, Test Plan
- Performed end-to-end testing of the Jadoo Application, and Android-based launcher Application for IPTV services.
- Executed system level smoke, sanity and full functional testing cycles, ensuring comprehensive coverage of features.
- Defined and Implemented regression test criteria, ensuring stability and reliability across releases.
- Created and presented post-sanity and post-functional test reports. Summarizing pass/Fail status based on test results and logged defects.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Target Systems
07.2010 - 08.2011
- Company Overview: ISO -9001 Certified Company
- Promoted skill development and knowledge sharing to elevate the technical expertise within the team.
- Responsible to set standards for QA process of different web projects.
- Responsible for both manual and automated testing. Provide support to set standards for testing process as needed.
- Testing
- Involved in different meetings with business team to review Requirement specification document.
- Prepare test artifacts i.e Test Case documents, Traceability Matrix, Test Plan
- Involved in testing of in different software applications (Web and Desktop).
- Reports bugs in software
- Communicate with development team before and during test cycles.
- Communicate with higher management regarding status of test cycle.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Altair Technologies
07.2009 - 06.2010
- Altair Technology was a product based company. Product of company was an IPTV
- Responsible to set standards for QA process of different projects. Responsible for both manual and automated testing. Provide support to set standards for testing process as needed. Responsible for DB Testing. Responsible testing of Leads generation process at Salesforce .com.
- Responsible to deliver releases for different Web applications (server and client side) developed in .net frame work, Mobile applications, Android Applications.
- Responsible for performance testing using load runner 9.10.
- Being only QA Engineer responsible for preparation of test plans, configuration of test environment for different applications , and testing schedules for ASP.NET applications. Also, hands on testing of these applications.
- Responsible to do communication with Leads of development departments (Client end and server end) on daily bases. Also communicate with Country Manager regarding status of applications under test.
- Testing
- Altair Technology was a product based company. Product of company was an IPTV
- Participated in meetings with business team to review Requirement specification document.
- Prepare test artifacts i.e Test Case documents, Traceability Matrix, Test Plan
- Involved in testing of in different software applications.
- Reports bugs in software Bugzilla - Communicate with development team before and during test cycles.
- Communicate with higher management regarding status of test cycle.
Software Test Engineer
Infospan Pakistan
06.2008 - 07.2009
- Responsible to set standards for QA process of different projects. Responsible for both manual and automated testing. Provide support to set standards for testing process as needed.
- Testing
- Set standards for QA processes of different(web & Desktop) applications.
- Involved in both Manual and automated testing
- Involved in different type of testing (functional, non functional, reliability, usability)
- Performed cross browser compatibility testing
- Prepared test artifacts (Test Case Estimation, Traceability Matrix, Test Case)
- Prepared test scripts and test suit for AUT.
Computer Programmer
Health Department Punjab
01.2008 - 07.2008
- Responsible for development of different web applications and desktop applications for Services Hospital Lahore.
- Responsible for Analysis and documentation of different web and desktop applications.
- Development/Testing
- Developed different modules of desktop and web applications.
- Developed technical documentation.
- Test participant of web applications.
Computer Programmer
Institute of Public Health
06.2006 - 06.2007
- Responsible for development of different desktop applications using .net frame work 2003 and SQL Server 2000.
- Responsible for Analysis.
- Responsible for documentation.
- Responsible for end user training.
- Development/Testing
- Developed different modules of desktop application.
- Developed technical documentation.
- Test participant.
- End user training.
Junior Software Engineer
Aspire Solutions
03.2005 - 02.2006
- Responsible for development of different desktop applications using .net frame work 2003 and SQL Server 2000.
- Responsible for documentation.
- Responsible for end user training.
- Development/Testing
- Developed different modules of desktop application.
- Developed technical documentation.
- Test participant.
- End user training.
Education
MS Project Management - Project Management
National Defence University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan02.2019
Master of Computer Science - Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Development of Web/Desktop Applications, Database Design and Database Management, Project Management, Technical and Report writing
Graduate University
10.2004
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Development of Web/Desktop Applications, Database Design and Database Management
University
04.2001
Skills
- Windows 2000/XP
- Load Runner 910
- QTP 92
- Microsoft Visio
- Rational Rose
- Inter Voice Recognition (IVR)
- Short Messaging Service (SMS)
- Cross Browser Testing
- Cross Site Scripting
- SQL Injection
Certification
Infospan Pakistan: Two months training on course on Software Testing and Test Automation(Quick Test Professional)
Timeline
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Altair Technologies
08.2011 - 06.2019
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Target Systems
07.2010 - 08.2011
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Altair Technologies
07.2009 - 06.2010
Software Test Engineer
Infospan Pakistan
06.2008 - 07.2009
Computer Programmer
Health Department Punjab
01.2008 - 07.2008
Computer Programmer
Institute of Public Health
06.2006 - 06.2007
Junior Software Engineer
Aspire Solutions
03.2005 - 02.2006
Master of Computer Science - Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Development of Web/Desktop Applications, Database Design and Database Management, Project Management, Technical and Report writing
Graduate University
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Development of Web/Desktop Applications, Database Design and Database Management
University
MS Project Management - Project Management
National Defence University Islamabad
Strengths
- Software Quality Assurance: Strong aptitude and practical experience in managing and implementing continuous software quality process improvement small size teams as a test team manager or test lead.
- Software Quality Control: Over Fifteen years’ experience in software/development and testing including software testing best practices, software test automation management; test management, test planning, execution and reporting.
- Personal Strengths:
- Provides direction and leadership with strong interpersonal and team building skills
- Guidelines and standards in order to resolve issues and create consistent practices.
- Strong practitioner of clearly written purposeful communication and direction
- Developing solutions to deliver quality products to clients through people and processes
References
Available upon request.
Hobbies and Interests
Software Testing (Manual & Automation), Software Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, Performance, Internal Audit
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